Aquaristics

I started aquaristics in my childhood. One day I saw beautiful fish in an aquarium shop, and I decided to buy them. At home I put them in a three-litre jar and enjoyed their splendour. I got the aquarium and filter from my uncle (a former aquarist). Veiltail goldfish are very voracious, so I fed them even the biggest mosquitoes. Then I bought guppies and had those for a long time, but I was bothered by the fact that they were short lived and small. I achieved nice colors by spontaneous crossbreeding and because they had tough conditions when I started, they were very hardy. I kept tiger barbs, but those I was not able to breed. I also kept green corydoras. I also had an ancistrus, it cleaned the glass well, but it got into my filter, which was driven by a propeller, and died as a result. I never got to use the measure of sticking a mesh over the filter outlet.

I have also had partial success with breeding the green terror.

I managed to breed the green terror over the holidays, but then it died. Next, I tried to breed the harlequin rasbora, but they only sold me one male and he was somehow incompetent. I had success with the red-tailed platy. Only I had to buy females, because they sold me, despite my warnings, all males (that could be a business trick).

During the holidays of 2005, I got a brood of green-eyed cichlids from a friend, because he had no interest in breeding them and they never survived in his community aquarium. I miraculously managed to raise a few of them and the very next holiday of 2006 I tried to breed them.

I am currently keeping the aforementioned green-eyed cichlids and gold gouramis and have been successful in breeding both. I also have three ancistrus and plan to try to breed them as well. I have also acquired Corydoras schultzei.
After various experiments with different types of filters I finally went back to using foam air-powered filters, which I make myself, so that I make better use of the compressor's power and have the filters exactly as I want them.

I have these aquariums:

• 330l
• 140l
• 180l
• 2x50l
• 2x25l

I grow the following plants in my aquariums:

• Vesicularia dubyana - Java moss
• Cryptocoryne affinis - red cryptocoryne
• Ceratophyllum submersum - hornwort
• Sagittaria subulata - dwarf sagittaria
• Cryptocoryne aponogetifolia
• Anubias barteri var. nana - dwarf anubias
• Java fern - Microsorum pteropus

I offer for sale from my aquariums all kinds of plants. I also sell green-eyed cichlids and gold gouramis from my own breeding.

ornamental aquarium1


ornamental aquarium1


ornamental aquarium2

Gradually, after various experiments and tests, I have phased out canister filters that have a small volume of filter mass and where the water flow is created by a propeller. And everywhere I use air-powered foam filters.

gouramis on cucumber


gouramis for sale


gold gourami male


green-eyed cichlid fry


green-eyed cichlid fry


green-eyed cichlid for sale


green-eyed cichlid female


green-eyed cichlid clutch


young green-eyed cichlids


young green-eyed cichlid


Green-eyed cichlid - Cryptoheros sajica adult male


Cryptocoryne affinis - red cryptocoryne


Java fern - Microsorum pteropus


Curly cryptocoryne - Cryptocoryne crispatula

In 2013 I bought a new, even bigger aquarium of 330 l in which I created a built-in air-powered foam filter.

The aquarium is 110 cm long by 60 cm wide and with a height of 60 cm it is excellent for growing large aquarium plants such as Cryptocoryne - Cryptocoryne aponogetifolia.